MCA and Chinese groups plan to fete Najib
KUALA LUMPUR: The MCA and 15 major Chinese guilds will host a welcome dinner for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. The event will be held at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre tomorrow.
Among the organisers are the Malaysian Seven Major Clans Association, the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia, the Malaysia Lion and Dragon Dance Association, the Eight Malaysian Chinese Organisations and the SMI Association of Malaysia.
Organising chairman and MCA vice-president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said some 2,200 people have been invited to the dinner.
They are mainly leaders from the Chinese guilds, Chinese chambers of commerce and Barisan Nasional component parties.
“The dinner is to show our support for Najib,” Liow said.
Federation of Chinese Associations Malaysia president Tan Sri Lim Gait Tong said the event will be a platform to forge closer ties between the Chinese community and Najib.
